Penn State is now #1 in the RPI and Pairwise rankings. It will be interesting to see where the voters put us. I’d bet we stay at 3/4 since two of the teams ahead of us are playing each other (UM Duluth lost to Denver, which pushed us to #1 in the pairwise).

Casey Bailey called up by Ottawa. He’ll dress Saturday for at least two games as one of the Ottawa players sits out a two game suspension by the NHL.

As expected, Casey was shipped back to Binghamton this morning. His two-day stint in the NHL did earn him an extra $8K over his $70K contract with Binghamton so he’ll be able to pick up a couple of nice Xmas presents.

Bailey is on a two-way contract, which means he gets paid a minor league salary while in Binghamton ($70K) but gets NHL dollars for his time in Ottawa ($875K). For contract purposes, the NHL season is, I believe, 186 days (doing this part from memory). His time in each league is then pro-rated. Do the math and you’ll get something a little over $8K more for the two NHL days.

Most kids that get drafted don’t stick around for all four years unless they don’t develop and the NHL team gives up on them. That’s partly because the NHL team doesn’t want to risk losing the kid the way Nashville lost Vesey last summer. So they sign them following their junior season to avoid the player becoming an UFA.

As expected, Casey was shipped back to Binghamton this morning. His two-day stint in the NHL did earn him an extra $8K over his $70K contract with Binghamton so he’ll be able to pick up a couple of nice Xmas presents.

Bailey’s going to start earning some more holiday bonus money as he was just called up by the Senators again today. Basically, he’ll be earning an extra $4K every day he’s with Ottawa.